Grenfell fire checks reveal safety flaws, says Cadent

Cadent said that it discovered issues with its record-keeping after investigations prompted by the Grenfell Tower fireDAVID MIRZOEFF/PA

Gas pipes in up to 1,000 tower blocks may not have received regular maintenance inspections because the energy company responsible failed to keep adequate records, checks triggered by the Grenfell disaster have found.

Cadent, which runs half of Britain’s regional gas networks and was spun out of National Grid only last year, is under investigation by both the safety and energy regulators after it admitted that it had found gaps in its records.

The company is responsible for operating and maintaining the pipes that take gas from the high-pressure national gas grid and deliver it to 11 million homes and businesses in the West Midlands, northwest, east of England and north London.

Cadent, which has revenues of about £2 billion a year, was rebranded from…

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